Aneilema.'] Commelinacecs. 307 



branches alternate, spreading, slender, bracts hardly sheath- 

 ing, glabrous, persistent, bracteoles minute, pedicels j-\ in., 

 fl. about \ in. diam.; pet. broadly ovate; stam. 3, fertile, anth. 

 large, oblong; ov. 3-celled, cells 3-5-ovuled; capsule g— i in. 

 long, oblong or clavate, mucronate, cells 3-5-seeded; seeds 

 4V in. diam., uniseriate in the cells, subcubical, or shortly 

 oblong, angled, slightly pitted, brown, dusted with white. 



Low country to 3000 ft.; rather rare. Lunugala, Uva; Ellaj Hara- 

 gama.' Fl. Sept., Jan.; white. 



Also (var. longiscapiivi) in S. India. 



Clarke, 1. c, quotes Thwaites's A. protensuvi for this, but C. P. 3026 

 (its number) is given under that separate species of Wallich's at p. 219. 

 He also gives A. viontanum of Thwaites here, and, though he quotes 

 C. P. 2325, this number is also again given at p. 218 for true A. 

 montanujn, Wight. 



4. A. dimorphum, Dais, in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. 138 (1851). 



A. scapifloriuii, var. nimus, Thw. Enum. 322. Clarke, Mon. 206. 



c. P. 3314- 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 377. Wight, Ic. t. 2075 {A. panicitlatiim). 

 Stems many, branching from the fibrous roots, branches 

 erect or ascending, stout or slender, 6-12 in. long, leafy, 

 glabrous ; 1. \-2\ by \-\ in., linear or linear-oblong, obtuse 

 or acute, coriaceous, glabrous or minutely puberulous, margins 

 thickened, base cordate, rounded or narrowed, often vinous- 

 red beneath, mouth of short sheath ciliate ; panicle small, 

 \-\\ in. long and broad, branches slender, flexuous, lower 

 bracts o or small, bracteoles minute, ovate, persistent; fl. ^7 in. 

 diam., pet. obovate, subacute; stam. 3 fertile, fil. long, bearded, 

 fil. of staminodes naked ; ov. 3-celled, cells 3-5-ovuled ; 

 capsule \-\ in. long, oblong, trigonous, shining; seeds 3-5, 

 uniseriate in each cell, yy in. diam., subcubical, cupped at one 

 end, brown-black, minutely striate. 



Moist region 2-6000 ft.; rather common. Badulla; Nuwara Eliya; 

 Hakgala. Fl. April, June ; blue. 

 Also in S. India. 



5. A. spiratum, Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 271 (1810). 



A. nnjuim, Kunth, Thw. Enum. 322. Clarke, Mon. 207. C. P. 2329. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. t,tj. Wight, Ic. t. 2077 {A. naniiin). 



A dwarf annual, branched from the base, branches 6-10 

 in., decumbent and rooting below, leafy ; 1. small, \-2 in., 

 sessile, from oblong to lanceolate, flat, subacute or acuminate, 

 glabrous, puberulous or ciliate, veins slender, base obtuse, 

 cordate or amplexicaul, sheath very short; panicle small, 

 branches short, spreading, few-fld., bracts small, ovate, 

 persistent, bracteoles minute, fl. about \ in. diam.; pet. 

 broadly oblong, obtuse ; stam. 3 fertile, fil. of staminodes 



